January 2012 Release Features
Assignment Time Estimates
You can now see the estimated amount of time your students have spent working on assignments in your courses. You can view assignment time estimates in two ways:
- Time on the Scores page is the estimated amount of time it took a student to complete the displayed assignment.
- Time on the Scoreview page is the estimated amount of time it took a student to complete all of the assignments shown on the page.
For more information, see Assignment Time Estimates.
Previous Answers Page Redesign
The Previous Answers page was redesigned and displays all the answers submitted by a student for an assignment question. The Previous Answers page lists the answers that were submitted each time by the student and indicates if question values were re-randomized.
This redesign addresses a number of known issues with the previous version of this page.
This page is available after students have made more than one submission only if enabled by the instructor in the assignment settings. See Previous Answers Page.
Purchasing Workflow Improvements
Some students accessing WebAssign through another system, such as Blackboard or a school Web site, previously had difficulty purchasing WebAssign access. The purchasing workflow has been improved so students logging in from other systems do not need to log in to WebAssign directly in order to complete their purchase.
Students who log in to WebAssign directly will not notice any changes.
Read January 5, 2012 Release NotesPreparing for a New Term
At the start of a new term, instructors often want to copy some or all of their assignments from one class to another. When using WebAssign, this is referred to as propagating assignments and is a great way to save time when setting up new classes. The assignments you choose from your original class are scheduled in your new class; all you need to do is select the new available and due dates.
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